ARIES: “YOU WON’T BELIEVE HOW FAST THIS IS ALL GOING TO HAPPEN FOR YOU!!” SEPTEMBER TAROT READING

This article deals with self esteem. Read how to increase your self esteem.

Pride can take a toll on a person’s life. Read how to combat arrogance.

Miraculously my boss in Chicago (reluctantly) gave me the six weeks of vacation that I had asked for! I asked for so much time off to be able to live and work in a large yoga retreat site in New York state. That meant I would live and work like staff and see what it was like to live this lifestyle, and more importantly, to dive deeply into myself through the spiritual practices.

The year was 1989, I was one year into doing full time volunteer work, offering my work as a ‘self-less’ service to a yoga organization. Having grown up in New Jersey, I had finished living and working in an Indian ashram (a monastery of sorts), been on tour with the group as it traveled and was now living and working in the national headquarters in upstate New York. I was trying so very hard to offer self-less service, and was becoming burnt out and depressed. And then I had this wonderful experience.

I was in a Yoga retreat during an evening program and was watching the evening program remotely with a small crowd of people as the main hall had overflowed. We were standing, watching and listening to the video monitor. I became aware of a young girl a parked few feet from me, about seven years of age that appeared to be permanently confined to a wheelchair. Her legs were atrophied and she was on oxygen support.

Beginning in my teens, I was fascinated with reading about the practice of Yoga, and it’s goal of experiencing the inner ‘Self’, the timeless inner most aspect of each of us that is the absolute core essential that carries us through each life. The Self being so close to us that we rarely are aware of it. The Self being very subtle whose main quality is ‘beingness’.

I was returning from a three day learning immersion held in Saratoga Springs, NY. It was a gathering of learning professionals from around the world led by a learning visionary, Elliot Masie. Traveling back, I was in Penn station, walking away from the long distance train and making my final connection to the local train that would take me into New Jersey.

After five years of living in a yoga retreat site, the night switchboard person was away on vacation for three weeks and I was called upon to do his third shift. This was in addition to my regular work. There were not many phone calls that came in after 9 pm, however it was important to have a 24 x 7 switchboard presence. That’s why I was there.

Rudraksha are holy beads worn by Hindus and Buddhists since ancient times. This article highlights how to wear the holy beads for the first time.

A very busy man takes time to pet the neighbors cat and gains insights into his spirituality. The article is told through the story of a man petting a cat.

In these most unstable of times, one may find themselves increasingly anxious, stressed, worried or fearful. The mind presenting an even more immediate and lethal threat than that of the imposing strikes from without.

Let’s put to rest the argument concerning giving, especially with regards to giving money. Many ponder and even go as far as to criticize themselves for not giving money. This argument is an extremely heated one. Is there a middle ground? Can one not give money, if one doesn’t have any? How much is enough? What is a tithe and am I really responsible for paying it?